Post the most ridiculous comments you've received with a big lens on!

ryant35 wrote in post #8216561
Is that thing weather sealed?

damn, how did you get it so muddy?

ryant35 wrote in post #8216561
Is that thing weather sealed?

No.

its weather and dust sealed, but not mud sealed....

Daniel2000 wrote in post #8217119
damn, how did you get it so muddy?

It wasn't me, but the photographer tried to walk down a muddy incline at an off-road race track this weekend and down he went. I went down the previous morning and got some mud on my grip & lens hood. Not to mention my hands, leg, and backside.

Been there. My camera didn't get mudd'd, but my side sure did =(

ryant35 wrote in post #8216561
Is that thing weather sealed?

It's the non IS version so a little less to break

(is that any consolation? )

neil_r wrote in post #8218225
It's the non IS version so a little less to break

(is that any consolation? )

I would just feel bad for camera store he rented it from.

Daniel2000 wrote in post #8217119
damn, how did you get it so muddy?

Through use.

Not everyone keeps their gear locked in a glass case only to be taken out and lovingly stroked with white gloved hands and then put back.

:p

ryant35 wrote in post #8218249
I would just feel bad for camera store he rented it from.

I'd feel sorry for the guy that rented it after him.

I'd be careful with the older 300's, CPS doesn't have that many extra parts to service those old dinosaurs these days.

mbellot wrote in post #8220736
Through use.

Not everyone keeps their gear locked in a glass case only to be taken out and lovingly stroked with white gloved hands and then put back.

:p

hehe
I use mine, abuse it a little sometime, but never to that extend, it would be desastrous in my case since I don't have anything weatherproof, except for my 580EX II

mbellot wrote in post #8220736
Through use.

Not everyone keeps their gear locked in a glass case only to be taken out and lovingly stroked with white gloved hands and then put back.

:p

There's a HUGE difference between USE and ABUSE!

Daniel2000 wrote in post #8222280
hehe
I use mine, abuse it a little sometime, but never to that extend, it would be desastrous in my case since I don't have anything weatherproof, except for my 580EX II

This wasn't abuse, they guy fell walking where a dozen other photographer also walk.

then I'm not as clumsy...

I can definitely say that I use my equipment but this one photographer I know abuses the crap out it. He broke a 400 2.8 and two mkIII's in a two week span and didn't care. He's making bank though. I've seen him setup mkII remote camera's in places where it's basically a one time use placement. I always ask him, "what are you gonna destroy today?". What makes it interesting is the fact that he doesn't have camera insurance.